Adjustable cap



Patented Nov. 17, 1925-.

UNITED s'TATEs OLIVER J. MILLsAPs, 0E ABILENE, TEXAS. c

ADJUSTABLE CAP. V n

Appiicaiion sied June 2s, i924. serial No. 722,997.

a specification.

This invention relates to caps, and particularly to novel means whereby the head size of a cap may be adjusted to increase or diminish the said size as occasion demands. K

It is an object of this invention to produce a cap having adjusting means, in which the said adjusting means is concealed atthe back of a facing which constitutes one of the adjustable elements by which the head size is i'egulated. n

It is a further object of this invention to produce an adjustable cap of the charactei1 indicated in which the fastening for securing the adjustable elements may be expeditiously manipulated to release or secure the parts after an adjustment has been attained.

It is a still further object of this invention to produce a cap having a construction effective to accomplish the result stated which comprises comparatively few inexpensive parts.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists in the details of construction, and yin the arrangement and combination of parts to be hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanyingv drawings forming part of this application wherein like characters denote corresponding` parts in the several views, and in which- Figure l illustrates a view in perspectivel tension 7 has a loop or guide 9'fthat is slidable on the extension 8, wliereas'th'e extension 8 has a loop or guide 10 that is slidable onltlieextension 7.v

it being shown that its ends terminate' in proximity to tlie visor 12.y VIVThe visor may be secured to the cap vbody or 'crown in any 1j PATENT oFEi-CE.

The capv has a suitable lining or sweatv1 band 11 which is secured to theinner sur-A face of the head band at the sides and back, .j

suitablemanner, but .for Vthe purpose ofr illustration, the inner edge vl2 of the visor is shown as having a lap joint withthe edge of the crown. A sweatband A also covers the inner surface of theA front of the cap and the visor has side extensions 13 and 'll that telescope between the sweat band and the head band, entering the space between the two at the front ends of the sweat band 11 so that when the adjustment takes place,

thewings or extensions from the visor slide in the space provided for them ybetween the lsweat band and the head band, as stated.

By reference to the drawings, it will be observed that the loop or guide, which in i practice is in the nature` of a cloth strap to make the cap the required size for the'.

particular user.` In'the instance just mentioned, the fastening 15 maybe omitted, since the adjustment will be maintained, as described, through the friction occasioned by the contacting parts.

The extensions 7 and 8 are telescopically positioned with relation to each other, las stated, in order that the loops 9 and 10 may be moved to cause the extensions to overlap to a greater or less extent, according tov the adjustmentV desired for the head band, and', of course, such adjustment results in drawing the vrear portion of the head` bandtoj. ward the visor, or permitting it to movev away from the visor, according to whetherV the extensions of the headv band `overlap to agreater or less degree. -i

As a ineans'for securing the extensions of the head band kin diiferent positions of adjustment, the extension 7 is provided withk a ment.

plurality of studs 15, each of which constitutes one element of a snap fastening. by which the extensions 7 and arejheld, as stated, in the different positions of adjust- The extension 8 has a socket 16 secured toits inner surface and it ,may engage any one of the studsaecordingito. its position after the adjustinenthas beenaeeoinplished,v so that by siinply det-aehing/the socket from a study and moving the extensions tol eausethe socket-to register with one of the other studs, the said socket niay be seenred to another stud to maintain the adjustment. o

'F1-oni an inspection of the vdrawing and troni the foregoing description7 it Will be apparentthat,Whenlthe headband has been adjusted lthere Will .be no creases or gathers in ythejinaterial, Whieh.would render the Wearing of thev Yeapf; inconvenient, and tho fastening.wouldv be concealed, so that to all appearances the Cap -is of the conventional type. Y It Will be seen too that the extensions of scribed.

Vthe head band overlie a portion of the external Asurface of the oap above the visor.

I elaiin:

In an adjustable cap, a visor having rearwardlyprojecting extensions, nieans inside the oap for guiding and concealing the extensions, a body portion provided With a head band having extensions oif'erlappingly arranged With relationfto each otherexteriorly of the body portion, thesaid ex# tensionsbeingl of a length to terminate onY opposite sides of the Cap near the ends oi the visor, a loop on the end of each extension embracing the other extension and beingslidable thereoinone ofthe said extensions having fastening elen'ientson its surface Contiguous to the overlapping extension .and the other of said extensions having a fastening element on its .snraeei'aeing ,the first mentioned fastenings, the said fastenings being` Concealed by the outer of the telescopio sections, substantially as deoLivne J; MiLiisxrs. 

